Calumet Named for Indian Peacepipe in Chicago Area
The term calumet denotes the peacepipe given by the French to Pere Marquette during his 1675 exploration of the Chicago territory, a name that persists in the local river, lake, and harbor.
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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 13, 1948
Page
10
The term calumet denotes the peacepipe given by the French to Pere Marquette during his 1675 exploration of the Chicago territory, a name that persists in the local river, lake, and harbor.
Around the turn of the century milling executive Addi son Igleheart pursued finer softer flour to improve cake quality. He developed a special cake flour and helped establish an American food specialty.
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Hollywood actor Jerome Courtland, 22, visiting New York for a week, endears locals with calm behavior, drinking milk instead of alcohol, and his curiosity about museums. He enjoys architecture, comments on Toots Shor, and plans to visit the American Museum of Natural History. He lives modestly in Los Angeles between film jobs.
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The American vaudeville era starts in Boston in 1883 when B F Keith opened a small museum and show in a former candy store. E F Albee joins in 1885, Kohl and Middleton open Chicago acts in 1886, and Gustave Walters launches the Orpheum Theatre in San Francisco. By 1928 about 1000 theatres host roughly two million daily patrons.
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